I've revised this from when I gave it to RAK to post on Watergunwars.com.
The Good:
I like the shape of this gun. It looks like something the Klingons might have used to blast Romulans. Or that the Romulans might've used to blast Klingons. I don't know. It looks nice though, and that can be attributed to the "weird" shape. The hand-guard, while it may be a problem for some people, gives you two ways of holding it. You can either hold it pistol-grip style in two places, which is great for controlling your aim, or you can hold it in a shortened rifle style. Nice to change things up every now and then. Also, the placement of the tank distributes it's weight very nicely. You could easily hold this thing, fully filled and pressurized, in one hand.
The capacity on this gun is pretty good. Unless you're going postal on another team over a long period of time, I don't think you'll run out for a while.
The Bad:
I bought this gun because everyone else bought one too. One of my very few "impulse purchases." Due to 20/20 hindsight, I realize it was a mistake. Online, I was sold on getting it because ranges with it had been reported in the fifties. It was touted as the CPS pistol we've all dreamed about. Well, I can pump this thing 60 times, and I still get ranges in the twenties and thirties. Either I got a dud or someone was exaggerating.
The fan blast is nothing great either. Unless you're within centimeters of your target, you're just going to waste water. It literally sprays mist. You'd be better off drilling this nozzle out. Maybe then you'd get some use from it. Oh yeah, and the water in the seperate p/c STAYS in the seperate p/c. It is incredibly hard to pump all the water out of this thing. I bet I've still got water in the backup tank from last year, and not because I didn't try to empty it.
The Ugly:
This gun isn't ugly. Maybe the hand-guard could be a little bigger for bigger kids and adults, but due to our experience with Hasbro in the past few years, I don't think they care much about the older market. The only think I dislike about the styling of the gun is all the extra doo-dads they put on it to flash it up. I prefer my guns bare-bones, function over form.
The Gun Cabinet:
This thing fairly screams Uzi to me. The semi-auto kind, that is. The Uzi fires the weak (for a rifle) 9mm pistol round, the way you hold an Uzi compares very well to the way you hold a Secret Strike, and they're both extremely overrated.
Overall:
It can be kind of nice to round out your collection with a gun like this. Its not a bad gun, and in a pinch, you can use it as a loaner, but don't go expecting miracles from it. It's just another air-pressure pistol.
Adrian
Edited By Adrian on 1102723032


